Economics · Columbia University
interest rate, inflation, some fiscal policies, GDP, GNP
Broad overview of financial systems and information about the inner workings of bonds, securities and valuation
The basics of the intricit system of banking and finance
lots about the economy and my passion for it
This was a very broad class. We learned about different types of securities and how they are priced, how markets and the people within them function, how macro factors affect markets, and about financial crises. We learned a lot of terminology to do with the financial markets, risk, regulation, etc.
Nearly nothing that I did not already know from intermediate macro.
"Macroeconomics is the study of aggregate economic behavior. This course covers the determination of output, employment, inflation, and interest rates. Topics include national income, consumption and savings, asset markets, long-run economic growth, short-term business cycles, and monetary and fiscal policy."
Portfolio Management, Bonds, Equity, Derivatives, Crises
- overview of the financial and banking system
Covered various macroeconomic concepts such as unemployment, inflation, business cycles, GDP, and the global economy. It was not as calculus heavy as expected.